Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elaborately costumed Samba dancers are the stars of Rio de Janeiro's many street festivals and parties. Photograph by Jag Images, ...

Sipping a sugary cocktail as your toes disappear into the white sands of a balneário beach. A sunrise hike through the rainforest, finished off with a bowl of acai and washed down with a zingy lime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dark-toned floats and theatrical performances turned the Sambadrome into a spectacle of fantasy, while also framing witches as ...

During the typical "Fat Tuesday" and Mardi Gras celebrations around the world, Brazil takes it to another level with its Carnaval festivities. The street and block parties begin the weekend before, ...

From the opening notes of “Ó Abre Alas” or “O Canto da Cidade”, Brazilians know that it’s time to celebrate: Carnival is here. From samba school parades to blocos (roving street parties), music plays ...

Brazil’s Carnival celebration is shaping up to be a historic milestone for the country’s tourism sector. An expected crowd of 65 million revelers will fill the streets, according to estimates from the ...

(RNS) — Rio de Janeiro’s lavish Carnival parades, which burst to life in the days before Lent begins, are famous for their colorful costumes, giant floats and the driving rhythm of samba that is a ...

When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager — a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism — she never imagined that six decades ...

Brasópolis honored Kansas City Current star Debinha with a giant boneco figure. Belgian priest introduced boneco idea, reaching Olinda in 1930s. Debinha rose from Brasópolis to NWSL stardom and ...